Tamil Nadu’s Lavanya case: Communal narrative vs evidence
Four years ago, a teenager in Tamil Nadu was dying.
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UNCOVERED: Lavanya - The Untold Story
The VHP and BJP exploited a dying Tamil Nadu teenager to push Hindutva agenda
Seven months into his tenure as Tamil Nadu BJP president, K Annamalai launched one of his biggest political campaigns, following the tragic suicide of 17-year-old Lavanya in Thanjavur. Annamalai alleged that Sacred Heart Higher Secondary School, where Lavanya was studying, pressured her to convert to Christianity, driving her to take…
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Speculation and sensationalism: Telugu media’s outrageous coverage of Jani Master rape case
Telugu actor Jhansi’s visibly irritated tone wasn’t lost on the reporters covering the September 17 press meet. She was angry with the media’s coverage of the sexual assault case involving choreographer Shaik Jani Basha, popularly known as Jani Master. “You reported on the woman’s real life as if it were…
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2 women held in Bengaluru for robbing rail passengers
BENGALURU: Two women were arrested by railway police recently for allegedly stealing valuables from passengers by distracting them while boarding or deboarding trains.
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What is the harm in framing guidelines against religious conversion in schools, HC asks T.N. govt
Court decides to hear in detail a PIL seeking a direction to govt. to frame such guidelines
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Man slits wife’s throat in sleep, attempts suicide
A 32-year-old man allegedly killed his wife in front of his minor children before attempting to end his life over a domestic row at their house in Abbannapalya in Attibele on Monday.
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Lavanya suicide case: ‘Forced conversion’ vs ‘family abuse’, measured reportage vs trial by media
Seventeen-year-old Lavanya died on January 19, in Thanjavur, in Tamil Nadu, 10 days after having attempted suicide. Since then, the question of what drove Lavanya to take her own life has become the topic of a political battle between the Bharatiya Janata Party and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, which is currently…
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